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=Opening a new browser window= | =Opening a new browser window= | ||
To open a new browser window, you can simply use window.open. However, window.open returns a DOMWindow, not a ChromeWindow, so you can't get access to the browser chrome from it. You can, however use [http://xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIWindowMediator.html nsIWindowMediator] to get the window you just opened. | To open a new browser window, you can simply use window.open. However, window.open returns a DOMWindow, not a ChromeWindow, so you can't get access to the browser chrome from it. You can, however use [http://xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIWindowMediator.html nsIWindowMediator] to get the window you just opened. | ||
==Example== | ==Example== | ||
<pre> | <pre>window.open(); | ||
window.open(); | |||
var wm = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"] | var wm = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"] | ||
.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator); | .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator); | ||
var newWindow = wm.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser"); | var newWindow = wm.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser"); | ||
var b = newWindow.getBrowser() ; | var b = newWindow.getBrowser();</pre> | ||
</pre> | |||
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Opening a new browser window
To open a new browser window, you can simply use window.open. However, window.open returns a DOMWindow, not a ChromeWindow, so you can't get access to the browser chrome from it. You can, however use nsIWindowMediator to get the window you just opened.
Example
window.open();
var wm = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"]
.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator);
var newWindow = wm.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser");
var b = newWindow.getBrowser();